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Couldn't someone just publish a print version of the source code and whitepaper and it'd fall under the First Amendment? I believe this was done for PGP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy#Criminal_i...

You can publish a book on how to grow marijuana. They can still make using the book illegal.

They can even make using PGP illegal, and there are politicians trying.

Huh? There are all sorts of such literature available legally. The US government does not (in 2017 at least) ban these things.

Unless you have a recent example?

My point is that while the literature is available, implementing its content is still a controlled action.

For a reference, I mentioned your example of PGP, which would be made illegal to use under this proposed law https://www.scribd.com/doc/307378123/Burr-Encryption-Bill-Di...